Franklin County OHArchives - Lilly-Dyer Cemetery

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The OES visited Lilly-Dyer Cemetery on October 27, 2007. 

Lilly-Dyer Cemetery is located in Battelle-Darby Metro Park in Galloway; 
Franklin County.

This cemetery is located in an off-limits area of the Battelle Darby Metro 
Park in southwestern Franklin County. The cemetery sits in a wooded area atop 
a hill and was in poor condition on our visit, with many of the stones broken 
or eroded. A representative from the Metro Parks stated that the cemetery had 
been heavily vandalized prior to the park acquiring the land. The earliest 
tombstone in the cemetery belongs to Jane Dyer who died on November 18, 1826. 
The latest burial was Jane Stone (wife of Isaac) who died in 1876. The cemetery 
was all but abandoned by the early 1900s. Inscription readings written in 1909 
reveal that there are at least eleven burials, but there are likely many that 
are unmarked.  To view photos of all the standing tombstones at the time of our 
visit, click the link below.
http://www.ohioexploration.com/lillydyercemeteryG.htms

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Complete List of Standing Tombstones - October 2007
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SURNAME, FIRST NAME  INSCRIPTION                                      DEATH DATE       
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Ford, Benjamin       Aged 44 years?, ?? months, 21 days               ??? 26, 1839??   
Ford, Margaret       Aged 61 years?, ? months, 3 days                 Ma? 23?, 1856?   
G______, Priscilla?  Wife of John.                                    1832??           
Hartsook, Mary       Wife of Noah.  Aged ? years, 2 months, ? days    Aug ?, 1850      
Johnson, Mahala      Aged 64 years, 3 months, 18 days                 Jan 10, 1882     
Lilly, Philip        Aged 24 years, 6 months, 21 days                 Nov 23, 1869